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Filing • November 25, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Walla Walla County, WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 4:25-cv-05162 1 2 3 4 ECF No. 1 filed 11/25/25 PageID.1 Page 1 of 18 Katherine Chamberlain, WSBA #40014 Jesse Wing, WSBA #27751 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 5 6 7 UNITED …
Brief • November 25, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Walla Walla County, WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 4:25-cv-05162 1 2 3 4 ECF No. 1 filed 11/25/25 PageID.1 Page 1 of 18 Katherine Chamberlain, WSBA #40014 Jesse Wing, WSBA #27751 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 5 6 7 UNITED …
Filing • September 2, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Peoria County, IL, Complaint, Censorship, 2025HRDC v. Peoria County, IL, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 1:25-cv-01369-JEH-RLH #1 Filed: 09/02/25 Page 1 of 13 E-FILED Tuesday, 02 September, 2025 10:59:02 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE …
Filing • September 2, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Peoria County, IL,Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Supporting Memorandum, Censorship, 2025 1:25-cv-01369-JEH-RLH #5 Filed: 09/02/25 Page 1 of 23 E-FILED Tuesday, 02 September, 2025 01:57:07 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …
Brief • September 2, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Peoria County, IL, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 1:25-cv-01369-JEH-RLH #1 Filed: 09/02/25 Page 1 of 13 E-FILED Tuesday, 02 September, 2025 10:59:02 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit corporation, Case No. Plaintiff, …
Brief • September 2, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Peoria County, IL,Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Supporting Memorandum, Censorship, 2025 1:25-cv-01369-JEH-RLH #5 Filed: 09/02/25 Page 1 of 23 E-FILED Tuesday, 02 September, 2025 01:57:07 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
From the Editor by Paul Wright   After 35 years of publishing Prison Legal News, one thing that has become clear is that when it comes to the American criminal justice system, not all stories have an ending; some are fairly characterized as never-ending stories. We have reported on Rikers Island …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
HRDC Wins Consent Decree, $350,000 in Jail Censorship Suit against California’s Sonoma County by Chuck Sharman On June 2, 2025, the federal court for the Northern District of California issued a consent decree settling demands for injunctive relief filed by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) against California’s Sonoma County …
Filing • July 31, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Grayson County, TX, Settlement, Censorship, 2025 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SHERMAN DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER § § vs. § § GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS; TOM WATT § in his individual capacity; and WILLIAM A § BENNIE, in his official capacity …
Brief • July 31, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Grayson County, TX, Settlement, Censorship, 2025 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SHERMAN DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER § § vs. § § GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS; TOM WATT § in his individual capacity; and WILLIAM A § BENNIE, in his official capacity …
Filing • July 24, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Johnson, HI, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 1:25-cv-00311 Document 1 Filed 07/24/25 Page 1 of 16 PageID.1 1 Ernest Galvan – Cal. Bar No. 196065* 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Benjamin Bien-Kahn – Cal. Bar No. 267933* Brenda Muñoz – Cal. Bar No. 328813* …
Brief • July 24, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Johnson, HI, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 1:25-cv-00311 Document 1 Filed 07/24/25 Page 1 of 16 PageID.1 1 Ernest Galvan – Cal. Bar No. 196065* 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Benjamin Bien-Kahn – Cal. Bar No. 267933* Brenda Muñoz – Cal. Bar No. 328813* …
From the Editor by Paul Wright Over the years Prison Legal News has reported extensively on the rape of prisoners around the country. In 35 years of publishing, about every 4- or 5-years prison systems have a major scandal at their local women’s prison where it comes to light that …
Eighth Circuit Affirms Judgment for HRDC in Arkansas Jail Censorship Suit by David Reutter On February 24, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed judgment that the “postcard-only” policy for periodicals and books at Arkansas’ Baxter County Jail and Detention Center constituted a de facto blanket …
Preliminary Injunction Issued Against Milwaukee Jail’s Mail Policy in HRDC Suit by Like many local lockups, Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County Jail (MCJ) imposes restrictions on the number and types of books and periodicals that prisoners and detainees can receive. As of July 2024, MCJ’s mail policy required periodicals to be “mailed …
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Fourth Circuit Upholds South Carolina DOC Policy Restricting Prisoner Access to News Media by Those in custody of the South Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) “lose the privilege of speaking to the news media,” a policy that makes it “unique among prison systems nationwide,” according to the American Civil Liberties …
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Federal Court Blocks Idaho Executions Until Media Access Improves by On April 29, 2025, the federal court for the District of Idaho issued a preliminary injunction blocking the state Department of Corrections (DOC) from carrying out any executions until it improves access for members of the media. The ruling came …
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Eleventh Circuit Revives Volunteer Pastor’s First Amendment Claim at Georgia Jail by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A volunteer minister took a dustup with Georgia jailers over baptism to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which agreed on September 16, 2024, that he had been subjected …
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Ninth Circuit: Posting Jail Mugshots on Arizona County’s Website Violates Substantive Due Process by Like many jurisdictions, Arizona’s Maricopa County maintained a website where mugshots were posted of those arrested and booked into the county jail. The photos were accompanied by personal identifying information, including names and birthdates. But after …
Porn Produced by Georgia Prisoners by On July 16, 2024, the Human & Civil Rights Coalition (HCRC) of Georgia posted screenshots to its Facebook page from pornographic videos produced inside Wilcox State Prison and posted online by state prisoners. As the post noted, the videos ran up to 45 minutes, …
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